sadslime's manga / #university(52)

Arata Hasumi is a shy boy making his college debut thanks to encouragement from his online friend, Yukino-chan. Arata is really excited to meet the sweet and kind girl he's befriended, only to find out "she" is actually the upperclassman Hiroki Yukino, a very cool and smooth boy. Still, Hiroki is kind to Arata and invites him into the outdoors club, but as the two get closer, Arata realizes that his feelings for "Yukino-chan" the girl have only gotten stronger since meeting Hiroki the man. But when he tries to get closer, the kind and friendly Hiroki suddenly draws a very clear line between them. Trigger warning: mention of cheating.

Haruno is an ordinary college boy who's psyched to meet up with his online gaming friend, Mao, and hopefully start dating her. But the day of, Haruno ends up meeting up with the most popular guy on campus, Suzuki Mao instead. Turns out they both accidentally catfished each other, but now that they've met in person, hanging out isn't so bad and the two become friends. But when Haruno starts to want something more even though Suzuki seems to still be in love with his ex, he sees no choice but to push Suzuki out of his life. No trigger warnings

Ch.1-4 - Troublemaker! - Shiina Ayumu is openly gay, cheerful, and popular, but he's had some terrible luck with men in the past. Unfortunately, his high school classmate Hayase Souta has seen his bad breakups every time, and when they run into each other again in college, Hayase remembers him as a crybaby. Shiina tries to show him he's changed only to get dumped again, after which he tries to make Hayase "comfort" him. After that, Shiina battles between vindictive feelings and attraction he feels toward Hayase, while Hayase can't help but want to show Shiina a better relationship. Shiina's a bit of a jerk, but I feel like he's struggling and confused, so it's realistic in this setting. Overall, interesting and well-written characters. Trigger warnings: cheating, noncon, rape, bondage, choking. Ch.5-6 - I'm Definitely Cute! - Shirane Keiichi is a salaryman who happened on a cross-dressing shop with his coworkers and insulted the cross-dressing shopkeeper, Kurokawa Naoya. But Keiichi came back the next day, because he's secretly a cross-dresser himself. As he continues to frequent the shop, saying it's for a "friend," he and Naoya are getting closer and he comes to want Naoya to see all his cutest sides. A simple, nice relationship. No trigger warnings.

Haiga Yuuki is a university student who just joined the music club where he first saw Kanae Ryou, an extremely charasmatic headliner for the biggest band on campus, the Cigars. Haiga wants to get closer to Kanae, but rarely sees him on campus. But when he's given money by friends in the club jokingly for the purpose of going to a gay sex shop, Haiga decides to go through with it to explore his own sexuality, and runs into Kanae working at the shop he chose by chance. He ends up frequenting the shop so he can see Kanae and spending all his time earning money to fund it, while Kanae says Haiga's not his type. But when they go to a camp for their club, the two finally get the chance to get closer and decide what they feel for each other. I like Kanae's character design, and the relationship is well-done. Trigger warning: sex work.

During high school graduation, the handsome and popular Takahashi Ryohei is surprised by a sudden confession by the shy Ishiguro Yuuma, but Yuuma doesn't want to go out, he just begs Ryohei to sleep with him once. Ryohei goes through with it out of curiosity, but he likes it enough to suggest they meet again. And again. But as Ryohei gets more involved with this relationship, Yuuma has a hard time believing what feels too good to be true. I like the emotional growth, though the translation can be a bit off at time. No trigger warnings.

After Ishiguro Yuuma confessed to Takahashi Ryohei at their high school graduation and the two became sex friends, they finally got together and are now an official couple. but as Yuuma gets more involved in college and makes new friends and Ryohei's band finally starts to take off, they have to navigate their changing relationship. A nice sequel that fleshes out the relationship between these characters. No trigger warnings.

Karasuma Kodai is an ASMR streamer who does some erotic content, but just when he's thinking of quitting, he learns that his popular classmate at college, Minami Masaya, is a devoted listener who can only get off to Kodai's voice. Kodai agrees to help Masaya and even starts streaming again, but he feels guilty that he's starting to enjoy getting Masaya off. Cute and fun read with good smut. No trigger warnings.

Bad acting student meets student with hearing loss and realizes he has a talent for sign language

In high school, Igarashi happened to oversee the popular student Amarai having sex with another man. After that, he was interested in Amarai and did his best to get closer, until the two were best friends who do everything together, even in college. So Igarashi finally decides it's time to shoot his shot and get what he's been after all along by asking Amarai to make adult videos to post online with him. Amarai goes along with it, but as things escalate between them, Igarashi starts to wonder why Amarai would go this far. A cute and silly relationship where everything could have been resolved if they'd talked for like five minutes, but this way was more interesting. Trigger warnings: voyuerism, manipulation.

Seiichi Fujimune is an ordinary starving student when he stops a thief in front of the model Rey Alexander, who kisses him. Seiichi can't get the kiss out of his head, and when he loses his job, who should show up but Rey once more, offering him the perfect position at his side. The two end up working together, then living together, as they cross more and more boundaries, but just when they finally seem to be happily in love, Seiichi realizes the damage their relationship could do to Rey's reputation. Very cliche and trope-y story, but still fun to read, and the ML is actually way nicer than he appears on the cover. Trigger warning: drunk intimacy.